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I'm not necessarily opposed to a regional map scale, but it presents a couple of problems. If we keep NS numbers then nations will be either so crowded that they'll look like a cyberpunk-esque sprawl or so large that they'll necessitate some sort of quasi-feudalism to operate effectively, and both imply various economical and military problems that will need to be kept in mind. This won't be a problem if we reduce the population, but I like having the standardized numbers even if they are unrealistically inflated, so I'm more in favour of the first option. The second problem is determining what the total size of the planet is, which would be much harder to keep consistent, especially with regards to extra-regional interaction and anything space-related. This can be handwaved if necessary, though.

I'll have a look later to see what sort of regional area we can expect with a reasonable population density using NS numbers and, say, NS numbers cut by 90%.